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"La mesure d'audience est au centre de la télévision, au cœur de la relation entre le public et l'offre de programmes. Pour certains, elle constitue un puissant système de consultation du public, exprimant sa demande, sa satisfaction ; pour d'autres, elle n'est qu'un opérateur du marché public ... more

Questionnaire Surveys in Media Research

In: Media Studies: Media Content and Media Audiences, Vol. 3
Cape Town: Juta (2009), pp. 421-483
"This chapter gives an overview of the theory and practices associated with questionnaire surveys as a quantitative methodology, with specific reference to the ways in which surveys are used in media research. An application of how questionnaire surveys are used in audience research is illustrated b ... more
"Drawing on socio-political-linguistic approaches combined with real-case studies, the author offers a unique discourse analysis model for analysing politically sensitive language in the media. The focus in this study is on the Arab media discourse in times of conflict with Israel and the US, spanni ... more

Discourse Analysis

Malden; Oxford: Blackwell, 2nd ed. (2008), ix, 311 pp.
"This guide has been written for people in the UK public sector delivering online digital services who wish to research their audiences. Although it is focused on online digital services, it will also be useful for researching audiences reached via other channels. It is primarily aimed at non-expert ... more

Grundkurs Fernsehanalyse

Paderborn: Fink (2008), 237 pp.
"Ethnographic Action Research is a methodology that combines research with project development. It has been designed for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives. This handbook is designed to train EAR researchers to continually develop and deepen their understandings of communicat ... more
"Wie viele Rezipienten erreicht unser Medienprodukt? Wie häufig, wie lange, wann und wo wird es genutzt? Wie wird es wahrgenommen? Ziel dieses Leitfadens ist es, Campusmedienforschern die nötigen Instrumente vorzustellen und zu erläutern, mit denen sie rasch und einfach die Antworten auf ihre ind ... more

Comic-Analyse

Konstanz: UVK (2008), 210 pp.
"The first six chapters of this book give you the background information you need to understand how to do an audience survey to a high standard. The explanation is based on the standard face-to-face survey method, where trained interviewers speak directly to audience members. You can use the informa ... more
"The text focuses on the process of genre analysis, using the selected approaches discussed. The book provides examples and analyses of genres in an effort to support, illustrate, and extend any abstract concepts that have been introduced. More important, it gives students the theoretical tools to c ... more
"Featuring a wide range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analyzing the discourses of the global media industries. Building on a comprehensive introduction to the history and theory of global media communication, specific case studies of lifestyle and ente ... more

Handbook on Radio and Television Audience Research

London; New York; Paris: BBC World Service Training Trust; UNICEF; UNESCO, web. ed. with minor corr. (2007), 246 pp.
"This textbook is an excellent introduction to quantitative audience measurement, especially to sampling and designing questionnaires. In addition, qualitative research, data analysis and the follow-up ("how research is used [...] understanding audiences [...] strategic research") are handled as wel ... more
"This book is an introduction to reading visual culture. It explains which methods are available to the undergraduate student and shows exactly how to use them. The book begins with a discussion of general themes and recent debates, on the meaning of culture and the function of the visual, that offe ... more
"Within media and cultural studies, the study of media texts is dominated by an exclusive focus on representation. This book adds long overdue attention to social interaction. The book is divided into two sections. The first outlines key theoretical issues and concepts, including informalisation, ge ... more